Research

Nestled between the mountains of British Columbia, Canada, stands the Canadian Hydrogen Intensity Mapping Experiment (CHIME) — a novel radio telescope capable of mapping the sky with unprecedented sensitivity and speed. Designed with innovation at its core, CHIME boasts a distinctive architecture consisting of four massive cylindrical reflectors, each measuring 20 m by 100 m

The X-ray Detector Lab at MKI encompasses a range of scientific, instrumentation, and engineering interests. A major activity is the development and testing of next-generation X-ray imagers for future NASA missions from smaller Explorer to the largest Flagship class. Similar development, testing, and calibration have been done for highly successful NASA missions over the past

The Laser Interferometer Gravitational-wave Observatory (LIGO) opened the era of gravitational-wave astronomy in 2015, with the first detection of gravitational waves from colliding black holes. The instruments that enabled this discovery are giant antennas able to measure the tiny displacements induced by a passing gravitational wave using laser light to probe the position of suspended

The primary mission of the Space Nanotechnology Lab (SNL) is to develop nano-fabrication, advanced lithography and precision engineering technology for building high-performance space instrumentation. This includes x-ray telescopes and high-resolution x-ray spectrometers, magnetospheric imagers and solar physics instrumentation. SNL hardware has flown on over 10 NASA missions to date. The SNL has a long history